[BlueSkull]

First, let me set the stage (no pun intended) for this slight problem.

I have an "gColor" array for 9 different colors. gColor[1] is set for 0x0000ff . On frame 2 in a MC named "panel" is a blue button. After clicking on it, a variable of clr = 1 is set. This will be used with the array code in a moment. On frame 3, still in the "panel" MC, is another MC named "showcolor".

Ok, here's the problem. I tried using
on(release){
clr = 1;
changeColor = new Color(_root.panel.showcolor);
changeColor.setRGB(gColor[clr]);
_root.panel.gotoAndStop("3");
}

But when I go to preview it, I either get a output error or "showcolor" will not be changed to a blue color as intended. I tried a few variations of the coding but nothing works. Is there any way to do this??

[toxi]

i'd suspect that you'd have the hex values assigned as string to your gColor array and therefore you'd need to write:

changeColor.setRGB(parseInt(gColor[clr]));

hth,
toxi.

[toxi]

...and if that doesn't help, here's another question: when the onClick Event occurs is your "panel" MC already in frame 3? if not, flash won't know that there's a MC "showcolor" and so creating a colour object for this clip will fail...

so why don't you have the "showcolor" MC starting in frame 1 (even if you don't need it there) and have it somewhere outside the stage. then in frame 3 it'll be in the right position, but at least its instance is created beforehand and available to flash.

[BlueSkull]

The way you suggested didn't help but after playing with it a while, I figured it out myself. I feel kinda dumb for not thinking of it before.

Thanks anyway...